"You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without……" — Ben Okri
"You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup."
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89 Quotes by Ben Okri
Ben Okri has 89 quotes on this site.
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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.
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To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a…
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Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there…
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Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out…
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The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering…
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The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy:…
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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole…
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The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe,…
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I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their…
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To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who…
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Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite…
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More Cannot Come Quotes
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This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is…
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The joy of Being, which is the only true happiness, cannot come to you through any form, possession, achievement, person,…
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Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time,…
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New things cannot come where there is no room.
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Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
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You cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's…
— Henry Blackaby
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Teenagers also sometimes think, 'What's the use? The world will soon be blown all apart and come to an end.'…
— Boyd K. Packer
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Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to…
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I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. Youve been…
— Ariel Dorfman
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That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot…
— A. E. Housman
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One simply cannot come to a cause like the kingdom of God, with its celestial concepts, and not appreciate and…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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"The ego is created by the rift. When you are fighting, the ego comes in; when you are not fighting,…
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